The Institute of Applied Information Processing and Communications (aka IAIK) is the largest university institute in Austria for research and education in security and privacy. It is active in this field for more than 30 years and currently employs more than 60 researchers. The institute is part of the Faculty of Computer Science at Graz University of Technology.

Research

IAIK is one of the leading research institutions in cybersecurity and active in the following four areas: Cryptology & Privacy, Formal Methods, System Security, Secure Applications. Overall, the researchers of the institute have published more than 1000 scientific publications.

Among the sparkling highlights of IAIK’s research are the processor vulnerabilities known as “Meltdown” and “Spectre”. Cryptographers of the institute have contributed to major worldwide competitions in cryptography, like AES, SHA-3, and CAESAR; these contributions were always shortlisted or even won the competition.

Teaching

IAIK offers about 20 courses at the Bachelor and the Master level. In all courses, it is our goal to get students involved with the latest technologies and research challenges. This also holds for the Bachelor and Master thesis. As a consequence, several Bachelor and Master students are co-authors of publications at international top conferences each year.

Projects and Partners

The institute collaborates closely with research groups and industry partners around the globe. It is also very active in European and national research projects. The recently announced Cybersecurity Campus Graz creates a unique local environment for partnerships. This new hub for information security unites basic research, education, technology transfer, and industry partners all under one roof.